Health May 23 New series reveals 'The Cost of Not Caring' for Americans with mental illness Mental health funding has suffered cuts and negligence in recent decades, leaving hundreds of thousands of Americans on the streets, behind bars, in homeless shelters, or simply isolated and miserable. With their new series “The Cost of Not Caring,” USA…
Nation May 23 What would Plato ask a neuroscientist? Can we reconcile the advancements of our modern world with Plato’s philosophical questions of free will? In “Plato at the Googleplex,” author Rebecca Goldstein imagines how Plato would approach neuroscience, the Internet and other technologies that make philosophy obsolete to…
Health May 23 Memphis churches rally to close disparity in breast cancer survival rates The rate of breast cancer deaths for African American women nationally is 40 percent greater than that of white women, according to a study published in the Journal of Cancer Epidemiology. In Memphis, the city with the widest disparity, a…
Politics May 23 Shields and Gerson on conservative candidates, Shinseki under fire Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist MIchael Gerson join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including primary election contests in Kentucky, Oregon and Georgia, and calls from some lawmakers for Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down after…
World May 23 Ukraine's national security secretary: Putin will fail to stop national elections Russia’s President Vladimir Putin questioned why his country is being blamed for Ukraine’s unrest, but also said he would respect the outcome of its national elections Sunday. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner talks to Andriy Parubiy, secretary of Ukraine’s…
World May 23 News Wrap: Ousted Thai prime minister detained by military In our news wrap Friday, Thailand’s ousted prime minister was detained and 150 political leaders were barred from leaving the country. In response, the U.S. suspended $3.5 million in military aid to Thailand. Also, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told CBS…
Episode May 22 Thursday, May 22, 2014 Tonight on the program, we examine continued violence and protests in Ukraine on the eve of elections. Also: a House bill responds to NSA surveillance, a look at the quality of life for minimum wage workers, former treasury secretary Timothy…